TCS Welcomes The UConn Engineering Ambassadors for STEAM presentations

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Monday, November 13, 2017
Grades 7 + 8: "Manure Engineering" presentation:
  • How much manure we have in the world (Did you know that one cow produces about 150 lbs of waste a day?)  
  • How engineers are designing new forms of energy that use manure to its advantage.  Engineers are turning manure into reusable plastic and electricity.
  • "Van de Graaf" demo: a device that creates static electricity. The purpose is to show the students a general idea of what power and electricity is, and how it works.
Grade 6: "Engineering a Safer World" presentation:
  • A look at different safety features, how safety features work, and why it matters particularly in vehicles.  A look at how and why engineers "overengineer" things.
  • "Egg Drop" demo: the students were challenged to keep an egg from breaking when dropped by designing safety devices with straws, popsicle sticks, cotton balls, plastic cups, etc.
Tuesday, November 13, 2017

Grades 2 and 3: "What is Engineering?" A look at real-life examples of what engineers do.
  • "Spaghetti Towers" Kids worked in teams to build towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows. 
Grades 1: "Water Filtration"
  • "Water Filtration" Kids created water filters from materials such as cheese cloth, cotton balls, plastic cups, and rubber bands. Then, they tested their designs by using water with various contaminants like sand, gravel, dirt.
Grades Kindergarten : "Chocolate Asphalt"
  • "Chocolate Asphalt" Kids made "asphalt" from edible materials such as chocolate, raisins, graham crackers, and rice krispies to experience how roads are made and how engineers work with and test different materials.

















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